At its regular meeting on Thursday, November 6, the University of Southern Indiana Board of Trustees approved five new undergraduate certificates and microcredentials. They are as follows:
- Certificate in Restaurant Management: The nine credit hour Certificate in Restaurant Management would provide a foundation in food service operations through online coursework and hands-on experience, covering topics like food safety, management, purchasing, HR and cost control, and would be open to all majors and community members.
- Certificate in Human Lactation: The nine credit hour Certificate in Human Lactation would provide foundational knowledge to support breastfeeding mothers and infants through courses on nutrition, lactation anatomy and physiology, common issues and support in clinical and community settings, and would be open to all majors and community members.
- Financial Planning Certificate: The 12-credit hour Financial Planning Certificate would provide students with essential knowledge and skills for careers in financial planning, advising and wealth management, and would be open to all USI undergraduate students.
- Health and Society Microcredential: The nine-credit-hour Sociology of Health and Medicine Microcredential would provide a sociological foundation for students pursuing medical or health-related careers by exploring social determinants of health and the organization of healthcare, and would be open to all majors and community members.
- Public History Microcredential: The nine-credit-hour Public History microcredential would introduce students to modern research, methods and tools used in museums, archives, historic sites and libraries, providing hands-on experience and career preparation in public history while enhancing USI’s visibility as the first program of its kind in Indiana. It is open to USI students and community members interested in history-related careers outside the classroom.
All certificates and microcredentials will be reviewed next by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
In other business, the Trustees approved the conferral of degrees to candidates for 2025 Fall Commencement Exercises and heard reports on student financial assistance and campus construction projects.
